This is a blog for readers and authors of mysteries during a period of significant change. We are transitioning from the legacy model (print, agent, publisher, long print run, distributor, and bookstore) to a new model that adds self-publishing, print on demand, digital works, and on-line retailers as strong legitimate elements of the literary world.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Signed up for Killer Nashville

I just registered for the Killer Nashville Conference, a symposium for thriller, suspense, mystery writers & literature lovers. This year’s conference, 2012, is scheduled for August 23-26. The venue is the Hutton Hotel in center city Nashville, Tennessee. To learn more about this great gathering for writers and fans, go to the Killer Nashville website.

Surely my new Mark Rollins mystery, The Claret Murders, will be available by then. I am always surprised by how long it takes after finishing the story to get it to market. Editing is a long process. We are almost there, but not quite yet.

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M. Thomas (Tom) Collins is the founder and former president of Juris, Inc. purchased by LexisNexis in June of 2007. Until his retirement at the end of 2007, he shared his 30 years of experience working with midsized law firms through his award practice management blog. The London based publication Citytech called him an "outstanding individual and visionary" when Tom was named as one of the Top 100 Global Tech Leaders in the legal community. He is also the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the U.S. Publication, Law Technology News, for his contribution to the use of technology in the legal community. Although now retire from the commercial world, he continues to write and speak on the subject of management and in his spare time writes Mystery Thrillers. His Mark Rollins Adventure series is available on Amazon, Barnes & Nobel, Apple's IBooks as well as other online book stores.